Glass-polisher



(NoMode L) W. H. ELY.

GLASS POLISHER.

' No. 418,707. Patented Jam 7, 1890.

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WILLIAM H. ELY,CF MIDDLETOVN, CONNECTICUT.

.GLASS-POLISHER' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 418,707, dated January 7, 1890.

Application filed August 24, 1889.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,WILLIAM H. ELY, of Middletown, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Glass-Polishers, of

which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to the class of polishersintended for cleaning eyeglasses and spectacles; and the object is -to provide an inexpensive, convenient, and efficient article of this class which is ,so constructed that it may be manipulated by the thumb and finger to clean and polish a glass Without danger of the thumb or finger slipping from the polisher and soiling the glass.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a View of one side of the polisher when opened. Fig. 2 is a'view of the opposite side. Fig. 3 is. a sectional View of the polisher, illustrating its use. Fig. 4 is a plan viewof a' modified form. Fig. 5 is a sectionalview of the latter form.

The lettera indicates the body of the polisher, which may be cut from paper, leather, 5

cloth, composition, or any similar thin and comparatively cheap material which can be folded. ,This body is preferably formed with an enlarged rounded head I on each end, although this shape is not essential. On one face of each of these heads pads c, of soft polishing material, as chamois, are secured by gumming or stitching,'while the opposite face is provided with a finger-pocket d. This pocket is preferably formed by cutting out and removing a portion of the body back of the polishing-pad; but it may be formed by attaching an annular piece of material 6 to the back of the body.

In the form first shown in the drawings the Serial No. 321,815. (No model.)

body is formed of paper or composition, and an opening is cut through thebody back of the polishing-pad, the edges of the opening being roughened so that there will be more adhesion between the thumb and finger and the polisher than between the glass and polisher, so that the latter will slide over the surface of the glass and polish it without danger of the finger slipping from the polisher and soiling the glass. Another advantage of this form resides in the fact that the ends of the thumb and finger project through the body vided on one face'of each end with a polishingpad and on the opposite face with a thumband-finger pocket, substantially as specified.

2. A glass-polisher consisting of a body of comparatively cheap flexible material provided on one face of each end with a polishing-pad and on the opposite face with an annular finger-pocket, substantially as specified.

3. A glass-polisher consisting of a body perfo'rated at each end, and a polishing-pad secured over the perforations, substantially as specified.

\VILLIAM H. ELY. 

